Chennai: A chief engineer and director in-charge of Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has been placed under suspension for clearing solar and wind projects without the knowledge of the senior officials.The suspension of P Chandrasekaran comes a day after electricity minister C T R Nirmalkumar held a maiden review meeting with all the officials…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Tuesday announced the formation of a special committee to prepare a White Paper on Keralam’s financial condition.The committee will be headed by former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, and additional chief secretary (finance) KR Jyothilal has been appointed as convener, chief minister VD Satheesan said today.Economist Dr…
New Delhi: Directorate of Education (DoE) has laid down the mandatory procedure for all recognised private unaided schools to constitute school-level fee regulation committees (SLFRCs) for the academic session 2026-27, laying down a comprehensive procedure for the selection of parent and teacher representatives and regulation of fees.According to DoE, the circular has been issued to…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge, Sumit G Joshi, on Tuesday sentenced a 73-year-old watchman to life imprisonment for murdering his wife and walking on a road with her severed head in 2015, holding that the prosecution proved the charge beyond reasonable doubt through consistent eyewitness accounts and forensic evidence.Holding that the prosecution had…
For most people, earthquakes are something that happens relatively close to the Earth’s surface. They break through the crust, shake towns and cities, and leave behind faults that geologists can map. The deeper parts of the planet are generally thought to behave differently. Under the intense pressures and temperatures found far below the crust, rocks…
Hyderabad: With experts suggesting the El Nino effect could lead to a rise in power demand, Union minister G Kishan Reddy directed Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to ensure uninterrupted coal supplies. He said that alongside Coal India Limited, SCCL must remain fully prepared to meet the electricity demand in both agriculture and industrial sectors.He…
Officials giving final touch to training ahead of Census 2027 starts in Surat Surat: Along with the rest of Gujarat, Surat will begin the digital population count for Census 2027 from Monday, marking the country’s first-ever digital census exercise. The upcoming enumeration will be the 16th Census in India and the eighth since Independence. The…
BENGALURU: Fuel prices in Bengaluru have been revised upward, with petrol, diesel and CNG rates witnessing a sharp increase across the city.According to the revised Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) rates, petrol price has increased from Rs 102.92 per litre to Rs 106.17 per litre, marking a hike of Rs 3.27 per litre. Diesel price has…
Mumbai: Two men from Uttarakhand have been arrested for alleged possession of heroin worth Rs 3.8 crore in the western suburbs here, police said on Monday.Based on a tip-off, the Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Kandivli unit raided an apartment in the Versova area of Andheri and found 765 gm of the contraband stashed in the premises, an…
The Material Recycling Association of India seeks removal of import duty on aluminium scrap (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) MUMBAI: The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) has urged the Prime Minister’s Office to abolish the 2.5% Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on imported aluminium scrap, arguing that the levy is raising input costs for…
